QUESTION 46
HOW DO I SURVIVE ORGANISATIONAL POLITICS?
Why it’s important: Whether you like it or not, organisational politics come with the job. So you need to know how to protect yourself.
The two major problems associated with organisational politics are that it distracts people from the real work of the organisation and that it has a habit of harming innocent bystanders. So, even if you have no interest in organisational politics, you need to know how to defend yourself against those who see you as no more than a pawn in their game of power.
To defend yourself you need to understand your enemy. The patron saint of most politicos is Machiavelli. Why? Because he provided them with a justification for acting ruthlessly by arguing that an act is ...
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